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IN WHICH WE HIT A NEW LOW

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:11 +0000

So Vince is now out of town. Again. Luckily, we really do take after our namesakes; he loves to be out there among the people, partying like he might die tomorrow, and I am a grumpy, mean-spirited recluse. So expect lots of Axl crankiness next week. In the meantime, here are some things that happened this [...]

JUMPING DARKNESS PARADE: EYAL WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU CARE ABOUT GUITAR SOLOS

Eyal Levi — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:30:51 +0000

How many of you actually listen to guitar solos? How many of you actually pay attention to the musicianship involved in a project? How important is that for you? I’m curious to hear about this from musicians’ and non-musicians’ perspectives. I know that for me, as a listener, amazing technicality alone is only interesting for [...]

“EVERYTHING IS SHIT. IT’S ALL FUCKING SHIT.”

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:04 +0000

That’s what it says on the MySpace page of Denver grindcore outfit Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire. Vince dispatched a MetalSucks Mansion Monkey to the Axl Annex this morning to tell me to check these dudes out, and, y’know… good call, Vince! I’m really digging this band. And between the above quote [...]

LIVE, TONIGHT IN PERSON, IT’S THE RED CHORD!

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:30:25 +0000

I think I’ve mentioned like a bajillion times already that my favorite song on my favorite album of 2009, The Red Chord’s Fed Through the Teeth Machine, is “Hour of Rats.” And because sometimes life is a bitch, I haven’t gotten to see the band since that album was released, and, consequently, have yet to [...]

EVEN MORE CHRIS PENNIE NEWS: COHEED AND CAMBRIA’S VIDEO FOR “THE BROKEN” IS NERD HEAVEN

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:53 +0000

Coheed and Cambria have released a video for the song “The Broken,” and all I can say is, WOW. It’s awesome! Bram Teitelman at Metal Insider really hits the nail on the head when he says that the video “looks like Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Matrix had a baby with a video game.” [...]

SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THAT JA RULE THING

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:16 +0000

Reader Kenny Smith sent us the below Metallica/50 Cent mash-up, opining “If only rap metal had been like this!” Kenny thinks “It’s all in the timing. 50’s delivery matches up so well with the accented downbeats.” Aaaaannnndddd… I hate this. Sorry, Kenny. Maybe I’m just an old man who doesn’t wanna hear anything over the “Master” [...]

VINCE, KIP, ANTON OYVEY & RICH HALLFORD’S HEAVY METAL ROAD TRIP BEGINS!

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:56 +0000

Oh man. This is gonna be such a complete shitshow. Earlier today Kip posted about our pending Midwest / Southern adventure… and yeah, shit’s gonna be nuts. Here’s how it’s gonna go down! (Kip… you taking notes?) This afternoon, Kip Wingerschmidt and I will fly to Columbus, OH. We’ll have one night of relative calm before [...]

ICP: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL?

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:23 +0000

Earlier this week, MS reader “seasonswithered” e-mailed us about a story Nightline recently did about Insane Clown Posse, and, specifically, if they’re responsible for Juggalos who have committed violent crimes over the course of the past few years. seasonswithered promised that if we watched the video, “For the first time, you’ll be on [ICP's] side,” [...]

EXCLUSIVE METALSUCKS PREMIERE: JUCIFER – “CONTEMPT”

Gary Suarez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:27 +0000

Back in October, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Amber Valentine, the formidable vocalist and guitarist behind the nomadic metal duo Jucifer. Towards the end of the exchange, she mentioned that the band was due to go into the studio in December to follow-up 2008’s crushing concept album L’Autrichienne. Well, Jucifer did [...]

EVERYTHING’S RUINED: FAITH NO MORE TO REGALE HIPSTERS ON TWO COASTS IN 2010

Gary Suarez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:30:05 +0000

Well, after the official Coachella announcement, we’ve all been impatiently waiting for the reunited Faith No More to announce some more U.S dates. Sure enough, keyboardist and active Twitterer Roddy Bottum revealed this week that a New York show would take place on Monday July 5th. Unfortunately, it’s happening at the Williamsburg Waterfront. [...]

METALLICA: RIOT THE LIGHTNING

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:29 +0000

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Metallica played a show in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday night, and I guess everyone in the crowd was all hopped up on some fine Colombian cocaine, because the place went apeshit. There was a riot; three people were stabbed; a police officer was seriously injured; and at least [...]

HASIDIC HELL ON WHEELZZZ??

Kip Wingerschmidt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:30:52 +0000

So the other day I was walking down 34th Street, and who did I see, Torah in hand, davening outside of a DMV Express but MetalSucks’ own esteemed Rebbe Anton Mofo’n Oyvey! Now obviously I didn’t want to disturb the man during his holy time, so I figured I’d catch up with him at the [...]

KIUAS: SUPERCHARGED METAL SUPREMACY FROM FINLAND

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:38 +0000

As I delve head-first into my recent exploration of the modern power epic metal scene what I’m learning is this: there’s a LOT of perfectly competent but ultimately mediocre bands in this genre but few very good ones. Thanks to Suckalo Max Dohmeyer I’ve found a new favorite in Kiuas, “an awesome thrashy, power-esque, melodic [...]

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN ARE STILL ONE OF THE BEST LIVE BANDS ON THE PLANET

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:36 +0000

So last night I went to the kick-off date for The Dillinger Escape Plan’s headlining tour with Darkest Hour, Iwrestledabearonce, and Animals as Leaders. All of the bands were pretty great, but after the show, it was really hard to talk about any of them but DEP; their live act is just some other-level shit. [...]

EXODUS START EXHIBITING EXHIBIT B

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:10:21 +0000

Call me crazy, but new Exodus music always interests me ten-thousand-fold more than new Slayer music. It’s like, with new Exodus there is at least the chance that you’ll hear something a little different instead of the same old (not that there’s anything wrong with the same old… but still). Maybe it’s because of all [...]

BISON B.C. VS. A “STRESSED ELEPHANT”

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:40:57 +0000

Sometimes you have no idea what the hell a song title means, but it just sounds right, y’know? Case in point: “Stressed Elephant,” the absolutely EPIC new Bison B.C. song, which is currently streaming here. It’s over eight minutes long, and every last second of it rocks. What the fuck does it have to do with [...]

HARDCORE SUPER STARR: ADULT FILM ACTRESS BOBBI STARR ON THE TOP TEN METAL BANDS SHE WISHES WOULD GANGBANG HER

Bobbi Starr — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:55 +0000

Hello MetalSucks readers! I realize that most of you don’t know who I am, so I figured I’d take some time to tell you and maybe shed some light on the subject of why I’ve been asked to write a few fun pieces for all of your enjoyment. My name is Bobbi Starr and I am [...]

FUNNY PHOTO CAPTION CONTEST: WIN A JEAN JACKET, T-SHIRT AND MORE FROM WHITE WIZZARD!

Vince Neilstein — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:27 +0000

Last week’s photo was pretty gross so naturally the captions you all submitted were equally as disgusting. Congrats to Rodney Wilder and Caption Contest veteran Sacajawea for each bringing home the prize of an Obscura Retribution reissue CD and download card for Cosmogenesis. Their winning captions: Rodney Wilder: “Now you’ve got something to squint for…” Sacajawea: “Fiber [...]

ANOTHER TEASE FOR OUR NEW ARGUMENT-INDUCING LIST!!!

MetalSucks — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:32 +0000

Oh boy oh boy! It’s almost time for us to unveil the next list which will give many of you a coronary. The last time we did a list, we got Zilty out of it; who knows what evils this one will summon forth from the shadows? Here are some more teases… It is not, as [...]

IT’S A CHRIS PENNIE KINDA WEEK, I GUESS

Axl Rosenberg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:01 +0000

Yesterday I interviewed Greg Puciato, Liam Wilson, and Billy Rymer from The Dillinger Escape Plan (transcript coming soon); because Rymer is the band’s new drummer and this is his first album with DEP, it should go without saying that a portion of the conversation was devoted to how he joined the band, his experience as [...]